Bruton Smith's - Bristol Track Condition's

[boster]

The track at Bristol was the worst that I have ever seen , Rubber coming up all the way down the track . Track was not preped nor was it safe for racers . Never saw them drag and spray the track once . After it rained they ran the tractor down and started racing . They did hand spray the starting line a few times .

From what was said there was no track equmiment there for the D2 staff to work with. Shame on Bruton Smith for letting his tracks be in such bad condition. After almost losing the car at the 1/8 mile yesterday we packed up and left . Hope everyone has a safe race today

Wont see me at Charlotte or Bristol track's in the future .

[Tom DePascale]

Totally agree track conditions were unsafe ..they did nothing to fix it today !!! They just kept sending cars to put down rubber..... Bob Lang would not have sent down cars in those conditions!!!!!!

[Greg Hill]

Bet they were using VP traction compound. All d3 tracks are now using VHT .

[Dinsdale]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

Bet they were using VP traction compound. All d3 tracks are now using VHT .

The traction compound has no effect if the track is prepped properly for the glue they are using. Are you sure there's VHT in the drums or just assuming that if the drum lable says so?

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Dinsdale

The traction compound has no effect if the track is prepped properly for the glue they are using. Are you sure there's VHT in the drums or just assuming that if the drum lable says so?

I don't know where you race but the traction compound has a huge effect. I can tell the difference by walking the starting line. VHT is sticky and will try to pull your shoe off and vp is dark black and you can slide your foot across it like a garage floor. The vp stuff can work fair in a limited temperature range but the VHT works in any temp range. NHRA had to change to VHT for national events because of so many problems with vp.

[Ed Wright]

I totally agree with Greg. That VP stuff is crap. I had one stick shift guy tell me he couldn't tell the difference, but they need wheel speed.
It sure gives you plenty of that. LOL

[CBS]

....In division 3...like Greg said....our director decided to give us a consistent track at all our races....

Even at Columbus....we were able to start at 8:30 am when the temps were low (I had 47) and damp........

I heard the left lane in Bristol was pretty bad....


Rock Haas

[Dinsdale]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I don't know where you race but the traction compound has a huge effect. I can tell the difference by walking the starting line. VHT is sticky and will try to pull your shoe off and vp is dark black and you can slide your foot across it like a garage floor. The vp stuff can work fair in a limited temperature range but the VHT works in any temp range. NHRA had to change to VHT for national events because of so many problems with vp.

Mission Raceway Park has been using VP for several years. It's not black, the stuff sticks to your shoes, cars hook and go fast there. Plenty of records set. I will agree that both have good and bad properties and stick cars seem to prefer VHT but track prep is more that just spraying.

[SCohen]

The track was terrible to say the least, cars in every class were loose luckly no one crashed.
I guess the Division Director thinks thats a succesful event. Not a good way to take care of your customers. I guess traction compond is to expensive to apply when you see cars loose run after run. They finally applied some before the second round of T/D and it looked like it made a big difference. Sure would have been nice if they did it as soon as cars were all over the track early on. Not a good way to keep racers coming back.

Steve Cohen

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by SCohen

The track was terrible to say the least, cars in every class were loose luckly no one crashed.
I guess the Division Director thinks thats a succesful event. Not a good way to take care of your customers. I guess traction compond is to expensive to apply when you see cars loose run after run. They finally applied some before the second round of T/D and it looked like it made a big difference. Sure would have been nice if they did it as soon as cars were all over the track early on. Not a good way to keep racers coming back.

Steve Cohen

Steve: Did any racer mentioned to The track personell that the track was junk ??. If they did then the track should have been sprayed? It is the track resonsibility to have a safe track if, not ???